Fanta, Fanta, and some more Fanta. Eight posts in the past 18 hours, all provoking discussion of this tasty, tasty beverage? Feels like a coordinated advertisement campaign to me.

I'm enjoying Dunkin' Donuts on this fine day.

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https://preview.redd.it/pkvzkpewhouc1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f27356a8b33883644a020a97c8b3f26338133d1e

https://www.reddit.com/user/isunil16/

I read one post and thought the language was too ChatGPTish so I checked their post history and for the past months all of their posts have a link, mostly about books.

Their much older posts have a different style and interests, there's a few years gap between what seems like normal posts and bot posts. Feels like someone sold their account to a company which runs ad bots.

I figure the company has bots looking for chances to drop a recommendation, individually targeted advertisement passing as word of mouth. They use Gen AI to write some fluff around the link drop.

I wonder how long before the writing style loses that AI stench. Maybe more sophisticated bots have already lost the stench and we don't even notice.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/s/P8sOiRubba

Dates him for 4 years and not one sign. Immediately leaves him even though they live together and "everyone" supports him and not her. Super shy about posting the link to the book, gets over it real quick.

It's just not how someone in these types of relationships acts. Usually there's a million signs and they go back to them, and excuse the behavior, ESPECIALLY if they dont have support of friends and family.

Just Read between the lines. She just needs money. She doesn’t need support, she needs people to buy her book and give her MONEY. If you buy her book and give her MONEY you’ll support her creative writing habit and her future novels (which she referenced wanting to write in comments), today!

A common theme I also notice is men bad with these posts which (is annoying as an AMAB abuse victim) also brings me to my next point …

HOLY SHIT I FOUND A BLURB FROM THE AMAZON LINK THAT PROVES ITS ALL FAKE

The Amazon link makes it seem like the writer is male, when the post claims to be 29F.

From the book description:

This book is dedicated to all the courageous women who have weathered the storm of heartbreak. To you, I extend my sincerest apologies. Far too often, men's selfishness obscures the ripple effects of our actions. Yet, despite the pain, let us not close our hearts entirely. Instead, may this dedication serve as a beacon of hope, urging us to remain open to the possibility of discovering a love that is truly sincere.

What the fuck? So not only lying about the entire fucking husband story, but also basically ignoring men’s experiences and demonizing them and being a white knight.

I got bored and was gonna comment an inappropriate comment on an ad that had comments but it turned out they locked the post, so I did some more digging and most of the comments and upvotes are fake.

This is deceptive and I would have brushed it off but this is pharma? Isn't there some law about false advertising and ad fraud with pharma companies in particular? It would be a shame if someone reported this blatant manipulation to the SEC.

So, I compiled a spreadsheet with all of the ad accounts that I deem suspicious and you can make up your mind. This is just one for one the ads though. I noticed these same accounts also primarily comment on locked ads with similar comments and nothing else and that seemed odd so I listed those ad campaign links along with those shill accounts that commented on the first ad post i found, out of niche I should add.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YX5pyvauYLYFmNRfpjCHg6IH_6uZNL4J7PG7vrimVlk/edit?usp=sharing

I'd like to add more to this and investigate some of the other ads I found with the same accounts shilling but this already took an hour or two.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1bhvmtf/beach_shower_that_looks_like_a_giant_sprite/